Einen Schwerpunkt setzt der EU-Rat auf den Schutz gemeinfreier Werke. Materialien, die sich bereits in der "Public Domain" befinden, sollten auch nach der Digitalisierung frei verfügbar bleiben, heißt es in dem Beschluss. Entsprechende technische Standards müssten die Voraussetzungen zur bestmöglichen Wiederverwendung entsprechender Werke mit sich bringen. Außen vor bleiben sollten daher "aufdringliche Wasserzeichen" oder andere Schutzmaßnahmen, die die Nutzbarkeit einschränken könnten. Für vergriffene oder verwaiste Werke seien rechtliche Lösungen zu treffen. Generell müssten die Urheberrechte natürlich beachtet werden.

“On April 12, Pete Binfield, Publisher of PLoS One, gave an in-depth look at the the current status of Article Level Metrics, a discussion of what has been learned to date, and a glimpse into what is on the horizon for their further development and wider adoption.”

“ The study was intended to investigate the pattern of citing references of research articles published in D-Lib Magazine during 2002-2008. A total of 4775 citations were collected from 295 articles published during the period. Articles classified as editorial materials, power point slides, book reviews, columns, reports and news items were excluded. References all articles were collected and Microsoft Office Excel 2007 was used for analyses. The aspects analysed focus on year-wise distribution of articles and cited references, types of documents cited, country and language of cited documents, file format and domain of cited references, etc. The study shows the changing trends of research in the field of library & information science and its stress on digital libraries and Internet and World Wide Web. Current research is found give more importnce to digital library, Internet and other digital and web resources.”

„Keine Wissenschafts- und Bildungsfreiheit. Selbstreferenzielle, weltfremde Urteile der Gerichte zu § 52a UrhG. Blockade der Politik, sich an ein zeitgemäßes Urheberrecht zu machen. Unabhängigkeit der AutorInnen von den Verlagen und Open Access sind angesagt, ebenso Aufstand der Studierenden und Lehrenden.“

“In light of the recent, failed attempt to abridge access to scholarly articles via the Research Works Act (RWA), a growing number of researchers have expressed their frustration with the status quo
in scholarly publishing, and are interested in learning about concrete actions that they can take to effect positive change. SPARC has prepared this resource for our members, to help you to engage
your faculty and researchers, and talk with them about options for taking such action.”